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There are really only so many times one can have pasta or chicken or meat. I definitely have a certain type of recipe I like, but I really have been making an effort to branch out recently. With that experimentation, there are bound to be major flops. Luckily my balance between success and failure has been pretty good, but it hasn’t stopped bf from occasionally being skeptical. When I told him we were having this “sandwich” for dinner and then showed him the recipe, he said “where’s the sandwich?” Let’s just say he was less than enthusiastic about my idea. But he was kind enough to give me the benefit of the doubt and try it anyway. We both thought that the dish was amazing, definitely something I’d make again. It’s incredibly easy, less than 15 minutes from start to finish, and healthy too!

First, I put the beans, olive oil, garlic, basil and juice of the lemon in my mini-cuisinart.

I blended the mix until it was smooth and then added some salt and pepper and mixed again.

I sliced the ends of the baguette, then cut the baguette in half and then sliced both pieces length wise. I then spread a generous amount of the bean spread on each piece of the baguette.

Then I placed several pieces of arugula on top of the bean spread, drizzled olive oil on top of the arugula, and finally sprinkled the lemon zest and Parmesan on top. Then we each dug in! The sandwiches seem like they aren’t a full dinner, but the beans are so rich that I was stuffed and couldn’t even finish my second piece!